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Webster 1913 Edition
Promising
Prom′is-ing
,Adj.
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance;
– as,
promising
person; a promising
day. Prom′is-ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Promising
PROM'ISING
,ppr.
1.
Affording just expectations of good or reasonable ground of hope; as a promising youth; a promising prospect. [In this sense, the word may be a participle or an adjective.]